*Selection of this meal plan will result in additional charge per semester, above the published cost of room and board, added to your student account.

Meal Plan Change Period

Students sign up for their meal plan during the housing signup process on the housing portal. We do allow students, once per semester, to change their meal plan during the meal plan change period. The meal plan change period occurs in the first two calendar weeks of the semester. There is no cost to switch their meal plan. However, students are limited to one meal plan change per semester.

Meal Plan Components

Meals (sometimes known as Meal Swipes or just swipes) offer the best value and are prepaid meal allowances programmed on to your student ID each week for use at Christman Dining Commons. Your meals reset reach week on Monday mornings so make sure you use all your meals before then. Meals do not roll over from week to week. Students can use a maximum of four meals swipes per day.

Flex Dollars are a declining balance account that is programmed on to your student ID card. Flex Dollars are used just like cash to purchase food items at all the locations managed by our dining provider, YSU Dining by Chartwells. Unused flex dollars at the end of the Fall semester will rollover into the Spring semester as long as the student remains on a university meal plan. If you run out of Flex Dollars before the end of the semester, you can purchase additional Flex Dollars. Balances at the end of Spring semester will be forfeited.

Pete's Points are a declining balance account that is programmed on to your student ID card. Pete's Points are used just like cash to purchase food with one Pete's Point being the equal to one dollar in cash. Pete's Points can be used any time of the day at any dining location on campus and at selection location off campus. There is no limits on how much you can spend each day, as long as you do not exceed your balance for the semester. Unused points at the end of each semester are rolled over into the next semester and expire at the end of the Spring term.

**Unused Flex Dollars & Pete’s Points from residential meal plans roll over from Fall to the Spring semester as long as the student remains in University managed housing. Any unused Flex Dollars are non-refundable at the end of the Spring semester and cannot be transferred to the new academic year. The week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday evenings. Unused meals do not roll over from week to week.